![]() Maybe once they have their time telling down pat. Preschool? Amazing what they can absorb.Īnd hey, I might even like this enough to actually transform it into a real live working clock. He knew that the big hand stayed on the 12 when on the hour and neither A or I knew just how he knew this. Maybe if I had had a song in grade school about time (and dare I say a Duct tape play clock?) I might not have waited until an embarrassing age to actually internalize it all.Īnd then Little O blew us both away by sharing his knowledge of how to tell time. He then proceeded to sing a song about how to tell time. ![]() He was very excited to demonstrate how when it’s half past the hour, the big hand is actually half way between the numbers. I then proceeded to cut the numbers from various colored duct tape.Īnd as soon as the clock was finished, A couldn’t wait to show off his mad time-telling skills, so we got to it right away. After punching a hole through the hands and the middle of the clock, we attached the hands to the clock with a brad. We then cut a few hands for the clock from a previous discarded box. To make the play clock we started with a discarded cardboard pizza circle which we then covered in duct tape (if yours doesn’t have any grease spots, you might even opt to leave it as is without any tape). ![]() And what do you know, it’s actually working. ![]() So I thought the only natural thing to do was to create a play clock for him to practice on, and in turn, teach his younger brother a thing or two about telling time. See how different clock escapements work in motion Visit Mark Headrick’s fascinating graphic animations of the Graham, Brocot, recoil, pinwheel, gravity, and grasshopper escapements. He has really been enjoying it and comes home with work sheets showing me how it all comes together. Learn clock repair from Bob Tascisone’s professionally produced instructional video’s. The next step was to write out the minutes with a Sharpie. A has been learning how to tell time by using clocks. Then, we went to work finding the numbers and adhering them to the plate in the proper place. ![]()
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